Felt Snowman Advent Calendar
This is my toddlers favorite advent calendar. It’s very simple to make and your kids can play with it all month long. I made a snowman design but you could do a Santa, nativity scene, etc.
Instructions:
- Begin with picking your design. You will need a large piece of felt for your background.
- Cut out different shapes using different colors.
- Make sure you have enough pieces for your countdown. I did twelve instead of 25.
- If some of your pieces are bigger they may need a small piece of velcro added to help it stick.
- Add fun sensory objects like buttons and pompoms.
- Start your countdown!
Santa Beard Christmas Countdown
This is such a fun twist on the classic paper chain countdown. Starting December 1st and every day after, use scissors to cut off one paper chain from the beard. When you are finished cutting off the last paper chain strip, it’s Christmas Day!!
Supplies needed:
- Paper plate
- Flesh colored paint
- Scissors
- Paper Cutter
- White copy paper
- White and red cardstock paper
- Cotton balls
- White boa
- Googley eyes
Instructions:- Paint the inside circle of your paper plate with flesh colored paint. Set aside to dry.
- Cut out 25 white strips of copy paper.
- Cut a triangle out of red paper to make the Santa hat.
- You can design the paper chain beard for your Santa anyway you choose with your 25 paper strips.
- Cut off a small strip along the top of your plate to make a straight edge.
- Glue hat to plate.
- Add mustache, nose and eyes.
- Add cotton balls to beard line.
- Add boa to hat.
- Paint the inside circle of your paper plate with flesh colored paint. Set aside to dry.
- Cut out 25 white strips of copy paper.
- Cut a triangle out of red paper to make the Santa hat.
- You can design the paper chain beard for your Santa anyway you choose with your 25 paper strips.
- Cut off a small strip along the top of your plate to make a straight edge.
- Glue hat to plate.
- Add mustache, nose and eyes.
- Add cotton balls to beard line.
- Add boa to hat.
DIY Kid’s Thanksgiving Table
Now that Halloween is over it is time to start thinking about Thanksgiving! I wanted to put together a kid’s Thanksgiving table that was cute, affordable and would keep Lola busy.
Tablecloth:
I used brown craft table paper so she can use crayons and draw on it.
Table Placeholder:
A turkey leg made out of a brown paper sack and white paper. I put the crayons on the inside for a fun surprise for the kids.
Centerpiece:
Homemade yarn pumpkins and turkeys made out of skewers, pompoms and crayons.
Cups:
Turkey craft that kids can work on during the day.
There are other hidden gems to help thanksgiving dinner go as smoothly as possible.
For our third and final costume this year I wanted to do something that would work as a family costume. These dinosaur masks turned out so fun and even our dog got in on the action! They take a little bit more work but as you can see the final product is so fun.
Supplies Needed:
- Single walled cardboard
- Craft Blade
- Black and White Texta
- Polystyrene ball
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Blu-tac
- Paint
Directions:
- I purchased the template off of zygotebrowndesigns.com. It had great and detailed instructions. I will include the link below...
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